Cricket-crazy nation India is all set to host the 10th ICC World Cup 2011 along with neighboring countries Sri Lanka and Bangladesh. Scheduled to be played between February to early April 2011, the biggest cricket carnival in every four years, will see fourteen national teams vie for the coveted cup. Terror threats had earlier forced ICC to pull out Pakistan from the
list of host countries in the sub-continent.Bangladesh will be hosting the tournament opener on 19th February at Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur along with eight other matches, while Sri Lanka gets to host a dozen matches. India, on the other hand, will be hosting the largest number of the World Cup Matches to be played in Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Chennai, Kolkata Nagpur, New Delhi and Mohali.
Cricket happy India gets to host a whopping 29 matches out of the proposed 49 including the most awaited grand Finale at Wankhede, Mumbai. Mumbai is also ICC headquarters for the entire series.
